British chipmaker Arm is building its own semiconductor to demonstrate the capabilities of its products, as it looks to attract new customers and drive growth following its initial public offering (IPO) later this year, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Wants to promote.
Arm will work closely with manufacturing partners to develop new semiconductors, the FT said, citing people briefed on the move. The company has created a new “solutions engineering” team that will work on mobile devices, laptops Will lead the development of these prototype chips. , and other electronics.
The SoftBank Group-backed company’s latest chip, which it has begun work on over the past six months, is more “advanced” than ever before, the FT said, citing industry executives.
The FT said the chip designer has no plans to sell or license the product and is only working on a prototype.
Arm is a major supplier of intellectual property to many chip companies, particularly in mobile phones, and has partnerships with major chip contract manufacturers.
Earlier this month, Intel said it would work with Arm to ensure that mobile phone chips and other products using Arm’s technology can be made in Intel factories.
Arm did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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